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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc., Redmond, WA (US);
Christian M. Canton, Bellevue, WA (US);
Carlos A. Otero, Seattle, WA (US);
John Campbell, Woodinville, WA (US);
Samuel C. Radakovitz, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew Hart Fichtner, Playa Vista, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described herein is a system and method for associating images with one or more cells in a spreadsheet application. As described, one or more images may be associated with a single cell in a spreadsheet application or it may be associated with a range of cells in the spreadsheet application. Information about the image, such as metadata, pixel information or other parameters, may be retrieved from the image. Once retrieved, a calculation engine may perform one or more calculations on the information in order to change an appearance of the image.